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EMM Update

A lot is going on with Embracing My Mind, Inc. (EMM). First, the Peer-to-Peer Recovery Education Course came to close last Saturday. We celebrated with some cake and had a very good time.

This weekend Embracing My Mind,Inc. will be an exhibitor at the International Medical Volunteerism Conference at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. We are excited about the opportunity.

Wednesday, April 21, Embracing My Mind, Inc. will start facilitating groups at Fulton County Superior Mental Health Court in Atlanta, Georgia.

To learn more about schizophrenia visit: Embracing My Mind, Inc. (EMM), NAMI, or Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia (Canada).

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Manda said…
Hey Ashely,

I am writing you to tell you to get back to blogging! Also I have awarded you the passionate blogger's award. You can copy and paste the award to your blog from my blog. You also can pass the award on to five other bloggers that you feel are deserving.

Thanks,
Amanda
May 8, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Ashley Smith said…
Thank you so much Amanda!

Ashley
May 24, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Anonymous said…
I recently saw a documentary feature called My Name is Alan and I Paint Pictures about a schizophrenic man named Alan who has been spending his life trying to understand and use the things he sees and hears from schizophernia in the form of street Art. The film, which is really wonderful, tells us about his upbrining in England and how schizophrenia shaped who he is and how his art, mostly done on the streets of New York City, has become his life work. It is a very well done and engaging film that I think anyone should check out. I think it could be somewhat inspiring to people with schizophrenia or families that struggle with it. Definitely should check it out! I just checked and the website is called mynameisalan.com

I really think people should check this out!

Spencer
June 8, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Anonymous said…
You might be interested in my blog:
http://insightsonmadness.blogspot.com
I link to yours from there. Please check it out. I've just started it up but I have many good posts.
June 12, 2010 at 10:03 AM
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